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unknownseas2021-01-24 10:36 am
bathymetric) wrote in unknownseas2021-01-24 10:36 am
COMMENCE VOYAGE
Fun Fact: Did you know the Atlantic Ocean has a surface area of 41.1 million square miles? No reason.
...
There's something uneasy in the air as you come to.
Well, "come to" is an interesting word in this case. It implies waking up, which is not exactly what happens. None of you are in beds, nor are you really asleep in the traditional sense. One moment you're somewhere else, doing something else with your time, and the next? You're somewhere on board a massive cruise ship - maybe lounging on a deck chair by the pool, maybe getting some Gains in the exercise room, maybe enjoying the tasteful décor in the buffet - and you have no idea how you got here or how you might get back. This is not your beautiful house. If you have a beautiful wife, she isn't here.
What you do have, apart from 25 other unlucky souls, is a small smartphone-like device in your pocket with only a handful of things on it: a clock reading 11PM, a pdf of a ticket in your name on a special Atlantic Liners New Year's Eve Cruise, an app labeled Passenger Profiles with some basic information on your traveling companions, and a message:
Welcome aboard, passenger! Please feel free to partake of any of the facilities while you wait for the big event! Remember: when midnight comes, you better make your way to the theatre at the back of Level 1 for the main event! The Captain and the First Mate will be there to take care of you all personally, and to help you ring in the new year in style!
Well, that's a start. But what you do until then, it seems, is up to you!
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There's something uneasy in the air as you come to.
Well, "come to" is an interesting word in this case. It implies waking up, which is not exactly what happens. None of you are in beds, nor are you really asleep in the traditional sense. One moment you're somewhere else, doing something else with your time, and the next? You're somewhere on board a massive cruise ship - maybe lounging on a deck chair by the pool, maybe getting some Gains in the exercise room, maybe enjoying the tasteful décor in the buffet - and you have no idea how you got here or how you might get back. This is not your beautiful house. If you have a beautiful wife, she isn't here.
What you do have, apart from 25 other unlucky souls, is a small smartphone-like device in your pocket with only a handful of things on it: a clock reading 11PM, a pdf of a ticket in your name on a special Atlantic Liners New Year's Eve Cruise, an app labeled Passenger Profiles with some basic information on your traveling companions, and a message:
Welcome aboard, passenger! Please feel free to partake of any of the facilities while you wait for the big event! Remember: when midnight comes, you better make your way to the theatre at the back of Level 1 for the main event! The Captain and the First Mate will be there to take care of you all personally, and to help you ring in the new year in style!
Well, that's a start. But what you do until then, it seems, is up to you!
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[He says, as if he knows about this sort of thing. He definitely doesn't]
But it really is a waste to just...leave it here. I almost would eat out of pity.
[But he doesn't because...the unknown buffet does make him feel uneasy]
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[Please don't get sick, you are shaped like a friend?]
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[He'll listen to what the captain has to say and then he'll privately go talk to the captain to see what options there are to get off. Easy enough, eh?]
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Is that where you were when you came around here? You were in water?
[That is so rude??]
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[Thankfully, even if grumpus kind of sink easily, he can hold his breath for a while. Good]
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[He's pretty sure he would remember deciding to get on a cruise ship for any reason]
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[She pauses for a moment, thinking.]
I was in the middle of something important. I wouldn't have come here willingly, and I wouldn't have done anything to bring the lot of you here, either.
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[Filbo takes out the smartphone and opens the message, giving it a read again. Yeah, he didn't remember incorrectly: it does say that]
...it says we're celebrating the new year. Either it's a few months early or many months late. Something's wrong.
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[Hm...]
I admit that I don't know what date it was for the mortal realm, though I don't believe their celebration of the new year had happened yet. I think it was to be held reasonably soon...? But they hadn't begun the festivities.
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...
...how does one even ask? Would it be reckless to be too direct or ask for clarification? Could it be a touchy topic? It's not that he doesn't believe her, it's more that he hasn't heard of this before and he doesn't want to offend her by accident.
Uuuuuh...]
Well -- you don't celebrate it in the...immortal realm?
[Nailed it, asked indirectly. He doesn't even know for sure what she means by mortal realm but he can take a good guess about that and what she's implying she is]
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I am from Dökkálfheimr, the realm of dreams - our world connects to theirs through the dreams of mortals. So our new year coincides with theirs; there is a shift in the dreams and desires of mortal beings around the time of the new year, and it's something we're aware of and celebrate in turn with grand banquets and such. It isn't the same, but we do know when the new year comes, and we celebrate it in our own way.
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I see! Right. I understand.
[...he doesn't, right now. It's a little too much to process when during the last hour he has found out about at least two other sapient species, sank in a pool all of a sudden, found himself on a ship and apparently kidnapped, and also may be several months in the future/past/whatever.
The realm of dreams is something else for the to-think-about-later pile]
Well, something's up and only the Captain will have answers. 'Take care of us personally', it says.
[...]
I dunno, that doesn't make me want to trust them.
[After all, they pretty much kidnapped everyone, no?]
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[Say, now that he thinks of it...]
I don't remember seeing any crew so far. Are we supposed to handle everything in this ship? I mean, I guess we haven't seen every place that exists in here, but we should have seen someone working around here, right?
[It probably isn't that kind of contract, Filbo -- but his point stands, at least. It's a worthwhile observation]
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[She has the hard time seeing a summoner willing to prepare this much food on their own...]
But you're right, for a vessel this size one would expect a proper crew. I have to wonder if something happened to them.